Pie clamp and juice retainer



Decs, 1925.

C. B. LAMBERT PIE CLAMP AND JUICE RETAINER Filed June 27. 1925 till CLARA B. LAMBERT,

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PAESADENA, CALIFORNIA.

PIE CLAMP AND JUICE RETAINER.

Application filed June 27, 1925.

. citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Pie Clamp and Juice Retainer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to culinary articles and more particularly to devices for preventing the uices of pics from bubbling out.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple and cheap to manufacture and which may be readily applied to the top of any ordinary pie and which may be readily cleaned after use.

Another object is to provide a device of this character adjustable to flt pie plates of diflierent sizes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a top plan View of a device constructed in accordance with this invention; and

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

It is well known that in making juicy pies, that is pies made from juicy fruit that frequently the juices bubble through the edges of the pie and disfigure it in addition to wasting the juice. This bubbling occurs during the baking of the pie. To overcome this objection this improved device has been devised and it comprises an annular member preferably made from wire and numbered 1. This member 1 has its ends 2 and 3 arranged in lapping relation and which is held in this position by cross rods l and 5 crossing each other intermediate their ends and preferably arranged at right angles to each other. These cross rods 4 and 5 are provided near their ends with a plurality of longitudinally spaced loops or eyes 6, three of which are here shown and through which the wire 1 is designed to pass as is shown clearly in the Serial No. 610,005.

drawings. These eyes are designed to pro vide for the adjustment of the size of the ring 1 to adapt it to fit pie plates of different sizes.

Supported by the cross rods 4: and 5 are a plurality of tubes or tunnels 7 any desired number of which may be employed and which may be secured to the rods in any suitable manner. As shown the cross rods are wound around the tubes 7 to support them in operative position.

In the use of this device the ring 1 is arranged on the top of the pie over the flange of the plate as shown in Fig. 2 and the funnels or tubes 7 are inserted through the top crust of the pie and extend down into the pie so that when cool-ring the juice bubbling up will enter these tubes and be retained permitting the pie to cook without wasting any of the juices.

After the pie has been cooked the device may be removed and after being washed put away for use again.

In addition to forming juice retaining means the ring 1 operates as a clamp resting on the upper pie crust and forcing it down into contact with the lower, the ring being placed just inside of the flange of the pie tin and thus prevents the juice from getting up on the flange.

It is of course understood that the device may be enameled if desired to prevent rusting of the wires and tunnels, or it may be made of plain untreated wire and the funnels made of any suitable material.

I claim 1. A device of the class described comprising a split ring having lapping ends, cross rods supported by said ring, and tubular members carried by said rods and adapted to be entered through the upper crust of a pie to permit bubbling of the juices into said tubes to prevent its overflowing.

2. A device of the class described comprising a split ring having lapping ends, cross rods supported by said ring, and tubular members carried by said rod and adapted to be entered through the upper crust of a pie to permit bubbling of the juices into said tubes to prevent its overflowing, said rods being extended around said tubular members to support them.

3. A device of the class described comprising a split ring having lapping ends, cross rods supported by said ring and tubular members carried by said rod and adapted to be entered through the upper crust of 5 pie to permit bubbling of the juices into said tubes to prevent its overflowing, said rods being provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced eyes for the reception 0 said ring to adapt it to fit pie pizzies of (hi ferent sizes. 10

In testimony the 1 claim the foregoing us my own, i have hereto iIiiXQd my sis;

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CLARA B. LAMBERT. 

